Driving for Dollars Advice and Tips

[William McGregor]

I have read about and researched driving for dollars over the past couple of weeks.  I drove around the other day for a few hours finding properties and gaining their addresses.  I even left a few notes on some houses.  

I'm curious about what others do during their driving for dollars.  I drove around a specific zip code, looking at properties. I personally was looking for vacant houses, houses that have overgrown shrubs and grass, boarded windows/broken windows, rent signs, built up mail, etc.  I then looked up the properties on the county CAD and found if they are owner occupied or not, and if they were not, I sent them a hand written yellow letter.  I'm looking for a rehab property to use for a buy and hold, but I would also be interested in a flip if it can provide me funds for future buy and holds.  

If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear what has been successful or not.  I will post on here my results over the next couple of months.